Jason Dearen reports that San Francisco is seeing a 71-percent increase in cyclists in the past five years, and Los Angeles is reporting a 32 percent increase from 2009-2011. Both findings gibe with the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, which found a 63 percent increase in bicycle commuters from 2000 to 2010 in the nation’s 70 largest cities.

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